Jess The Dog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Doon the Pub... somewhere near the Scotsman offices ... or maybe the Herald offices... Shuggie: Hello there wee man! How's it hanging? Dougie: Guid, Shuggie, guid! Whit about yersel? Shuggie: A'hm riled by these bloggers. Those SNP and right wing scunners. Of course, there aren't any Labour ones. None that aren't employed by the party anyway! Dougie: Ah ken whit ye mean, likes. They've just popped...
It Is What It Is (Free subscription) | yesterday
Alcohol and Scotland . Irvine Welsh has got it right . I'll quote him in (as far as I can tell) full: "Scotland has a growing problem with alcohol abuse. More people, younger people and more women than ever before are at risk from being encouraged to over-consume this drug. This has an incalculable impact on the NHS and also on our social services through the pressure illness and harmful drinking...
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh urges politicians to tackle Scotland's "cheap bevvy" culture with minimum alcohol pricing.
Scotland on Sunday (Free subscription) | yesterday
HE DEFINED Scotland's generation of 1980s drugs excess. Now Irvine Welsh has set his sights on perhaps the nation's most widely available drug – cheap booze.
Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Sky are rumoured to be close to launching their own dedicated Scottish Channel later this month, and have previewed what they are intending to broadcast Here's a selection of the listed programmes: Sky Wan 9am News and whair it's pishin doon 9.30am How claty is yer hoose? This week the ladies pay a visit to a man whose wife shot the craw only three days ago to find the entire hoose under five inches...
Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The latest batch of MSP expenses are out and there are two names that stand out John Lamont MSP and Jim Hume MSP, both of which have spent in excess of £20,000 in the last twelve months on postage and office costs. Firstly, let us tackle the issue of dual mandate, something the Conservative leader in Scotland has long banged her drum about, however it appears that her MSPs aren't following the...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The Labour Government has an impressive record since 1997 of promoting constitutional reform. Yet, as pointed out by Vernon Bogdanor, Professor of Government at the University of Oxford, in his stimulating book The New British Constitution (Hart Publishing, £17.95), the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998, the removal of most of the hereditary peers from the House of Lords, devolution in Scotland...
Footy Mad Club News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Players and clubs can benefit from loans and Adam Strachan will hope to catch the eye while playing for the Sons of the Rock
Ayr Boswell FC (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Scores this week from the matches for the Ayr Boswell 11-a-side teams in the West of Scotland Youth Football League and SYFA Scottish Cup (w/e 15th November 2009) were…. Under 13s : Ayr Boswell 12 Sorn Athletic 2 Under 15s: Riddrie Villa 2 Ayr Boswell 3 (SYFA Scottish Cup Round 3) Under 16s: Ayr Boswell 1 Tynecastle 3 (SYFA Scottish Cup Round 3) Under 17s: Ayr Boswell Thistle 8 KSC Whitehurst...
200 Weeks (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
You get some funny people in this job. Alan Pepworth, I guess, comes into that category. For some reason he was determined to be locke dup by polic ein his local town of Ayr, Scotland. It seems the local police weren’t too obliging & denied him his wish to spend the night in the cells. Some [...]
English Language @ SFX (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Daily Mail is angry and this time it's not immigrants, youth gangs or single mothers who are to blame, but the evil empire that is the exam board AQA and its decision to put text messaging on the curriculum. Have a look at this article to get an idea of what it's all about. But also have a read of some of these really sensible and funny comments from readers (possibly not your average Daily Mail...
pounds-and-pence.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
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Andrew Reeves' running blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Just what you need to hear weeks before Christmas, "sorry you are being made redundant", but Lloyds Banking Group who have already laid off around 6,000 people this year are now laying off a further 5,000 and around 20% of those will be here in Scotland. These banking giants, which we now technically actually run, are charging more for overdrafts and loans, laying tens of thousands of staff...
AYRSHIRE GOLF (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The West Of Scotland Inter County Leagues concluded last weekend with Ayrshire finishing third of the six teams in both the A League and the Youths League. The final youth match against Lanarkshire, scheduled for Brunston Castle, was called off due to the course being closed after the recent heavy rain, and with neither team being in contention, officials agreed not to replay the match. The A team...
The Stage (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
The future of one of Scotland's oldest theatres looks set to be secured after a team of local campaigners and businessmen was selected to run the venue.
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